Columbia Journalism: Elections coverage: Immigrant Vote

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Presidential Election U.S. Senate New York State Immigrant Vote Minority/Ethnic Vote Voting Issues Polls and Polling Get Out The Vote Ballot Bloopers Up Close and Personal

SPECIAL REPORTS
Uptown 2004 The Catholic Vote The Homeless Vote Columbia e-Day News

VIDEO COVERAGE
High School Students Blind Voters Democracy Plaza First Time Voters Homeless Votes Nader Campaign Patients Voter Registration Index

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Prof. Sig Gissler Prof. LynNell Hancock Prof. Stephen Isaacs Prof. Rhoda Lipton Prof. Laura Muha Prof. Sandy Padwe Prof. Robin Reisig

Distressed by Administration Policies, Many Muslims Say They Plan to Vote Democratic
By Jen Brown
NEW YORK, Nov.2—For years, Katherine Khatari never voted.
A self-described “old hippie” who grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, and now runs a convenience store in nearby Bay Ridge, Khatari said she couldn’t see why she should bother. After all, she said, just look at the 2000 election. The majority of people voted for Al Gore, but it is George W. Bush who has occupied the White House for the past four years.

Record Numbers of Immigrants Expected at Polls in Wake of Voter Registration Drives
By Jessica Leeder and Bethany Lye
NEW YORK, Nov. 2—Alone behind the black curtain, Chei Por Cheung logged his vote fast, in seconds, without a backward look. A flash of the white bulb and his attempt to vote in a new president – and his duty as a new American citizen – was done.

Asian voters join forces at the polls
Education efforts dispel fears of government
By Catherine Payne
Jenny Lin, a first-time voter, said yesterday that the black curtain at the voting booth scared her.

Russians and Other Immigrants Feel Electoral Exile
By Jennifer Weiss
Within a country divided along party lines as evenly as a black and white cookie, Brighton Beach was a community split along ethnic lines on Election Day.

Flushing voters send first-ever Asian American to State Legislature
By Jessica Leeder and Bethany Lye
The Flushing businessman turned politician Jimmy Meng made history yesterday, winning the 22nd District Assembly race to become the first Asian American elected to the New York State legislature.

Special Voter-registration Drive Brings More Bukharan Jews to the Polls
By Lars Holboell
NEW YORK, Nov. 2—Casting a vote for the first time in an American presidential election, Lyudmila Shalomavo, 54, dressed in a black dress, golden earrings and a flowery scarf, could not hide her disappointment at the sight of the polling station.

Iraqi Americans Have Mixed Feelings About U.S. Election
Some Support Bush for Removing Saddam, Others Blame Him for Iraqi Chaos
By Robert Tuttle
A group of Iraqi-American men had just broken a day of fasting with a meal of soup, rice, meat and sweetened tea. It was the Friday before the United States presidential election and the 14th night of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, and when dinner was over at the Imam Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens, the conversation turned to American politics. That is when the fireworks began.

Turning Out New York City’s Newest Voters
By Jayanthi Daniel, Brandon Keim, Gina Pace and Shannon Sharpe
More than a quarter of a million new immigrants have registered to vote since the 2000 elections, offering new opportunities for the newly inducted citizens and posing new challenges at the polling sites in yesterday's election.